Living
What Is Justice
What is justice? I think about that a lot. I divorced my kids’ mother and came out blind. I didn’t kill anyone I didn’t sell drugs and I don’t run a chain of slaves. I grew up and accepted who I was and lost everything I valued and loved. My career will likely never recover, […]
What is Santa
What is Santa but a glimmer or shimmer of hope. I don’t remember what my Santa origin was other than I was in Calgary I was plump and CP Rail and Husky Oil needed a Santa Claus. This went on for a couple of years. There was a long pause in Santa as I had […]
Cancer
For me cancer still carries the death sentence stigma. My generation has seen many advances in the care of cancer and the outcome of a cancer diagnosis has changed significantly in the last several years. Recently I had my first one degree of separation encounter with cancer. I learned a lot and there are many […]
Leap of Faith
I’ve always wanted to make my living from my vocal talent. Seriously I can sing and sing very well. I’m not an exceptional talent with the ability to write and play another instrument, but I can really sing. I’ve wanted to for about twenty years record a number of albums. I sing a number […]
A2
A very long time ago I worked for Health Canada and spent a lot of time in Ottawa Ontario for work. I was away from home one December, my kids were very young. The kids mother asked that I do the Christmas shopping in Ottawa as there wasn’t any time left before […]
Bah Humbug!!!
I hate Christmas!! Well that’s not true. I in fact I love Christmas!!! I love bells and the lights the sounds the energy the joy. I totally love singing Christmas carols!! Oh did I mention I really really miss my Grandma’s Pink Popcorn Balls. I’ve even played Santa at a few corporate events in the […]
Shaving
I love a good shave. I love the experience of having an experienced barber shave me. There is nothing like it. I had a father and son team of barbers. I would let the son cut my hair but I’d only let the father shave me. The father was fantastic. He’d wash your face then […]
The Blind Way
Many people think I am inflexible. That its my way or the highway. That I am a hard nosed SOB. Its too funny I was talking with someone recently and they finally put it into stark contrast for me. Actually explaining it to them put it into stark contrast for me. The Blind Way Podcast […]
Crutch
“Don’t use your visual disability as a crutch!!” Although I know it can be a razor blades edge occasionally. Everything in my life is impacted by my disability. My character, my personality, my intellect, my emotional maturity etc.. When things go wrong sometimes its hard to keep perspective. Sometimes its hard not to blame everything […]
Taker
I was sharing the day with my lovely darling wife on the weekend walking around Heritage Park in Calgary. It was a very cold very fun day. My wife is a reader. Not always the best thing for a living museum in the cold but at least you get the low down on everything. Not […]
